Color Challenge with the Sisters

It's time to "Celebrate the Month" with The Sisterhood of Crafters. The colors for the month of August are ORANGE, RED and GREEN. So the challenge is to make any project using these as your main colors.
I made a birthday card using a Stamping Bella image and colored it with Copics. Don't remember what the paper is that I used for this, I forgot to write it down. I made this card about a month ago for my neice's birthday and have already mailed it off. I love it when I actually use what I make. : )

Be sure to check out what my other Sisters did for their color creations at The Sisterhood of Crafters.

Thankful for Friends of Faith ~ SNR Blog Hop

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Welcome, today we're out in force on the internet -- showing our faith and giving the glory to God. United, we stand as Christian paper crafters and blog owners to make a presence on the internet for all to see. We're celebrating the theme of friends and we're happy to share our projects with you based on the verse:

"Two are better than one,

because they have a good return for their work:

If one falls down,

his friend can help him up. "

Ecc4:9-10a

You should have just arrived here from Maria Matter - Joyful Stamper. If not you will want to start at the beginning of the hop which is at A Faith Perspective. Layers of Color Stamps, Gina K Designs Stamps and Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, together with SNR Magazine have donated some wonderful prizes for today's blog hop. (See prizes and how to win at the bottom of this post.)

As soon as I heard about this hop I knew I wanted to be a part of it. I am so blessed to have some wonderful Christian friends in my life. I've recently had several conversations with my friends about how great the people in Oklahoma can be. I think we came down to the fact it is because we live in the Bible Belt and that plays a big part in how friendly the people are around here. I live in Tulsa, which has been called The Buckle of the Bible Belt. I use to complain about the weather around here and wished I lived somewhere else but the older I get the more I appreciate and come to realize I'm just where God wants me to be. If you are not familiar with Oklahoma weather, Will Rogers said it best, "If you don't like the weather in Oklahoma, stick around a while and it will change." It is not uncommon to see the "high" and "low" temperature predictions for a day spread out over a thirty-degree temperature range or the "high" temperatures on one day being forty degrees hotter than on the next day. A Saturday may bring temperatures of sunny eighty-degree weather, followed by a stormy Sunday and a snow-falling Monday. Probably a little more than you wanted to know about Oklahoma weather. : ) Sorry, I got off track. hehe Back to my wonderful friends!! Besides the friends I have here, I have also have met many online Christian crafters too. I love when I come across a blog and can tell right away they are a Christian. So to all my Christian friends here and online THANK YOU!!!

Here is a lunch sack card that I made and will give to one of my dear friends.

I just made a card very similiar to this about a week ago. I used the same papers and really liked the colors so decided to use them again it's from My Minds Eye ~ Out and About. The image if from Stamping Bella and I used Copics to color it. I also went over the sentiment with the same Copics. The coffee came from a women's conference I went to about a month ago where Jennifer Rothschild spoke. She is amazing! This is some coffee that they sale and it's called "Girlfriend" blend coffee. I don't drink coffee but I have plenty of friends who do.

Thanks so much for dropping by and now you are off to Karla Kellum - Life Song Kreations.

To enter, simply hop to the blogs of all of the participating staff members of SNR Magazine, take note of the staff member's name, and leave a comment on their posts. Then send an email to games@scrapbooknewsandreview.com listing each of the staff members who participated in today's hop. All entries must be received by Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12 noon, EST and three winners will be randomly chosen to win.

PRIZES ARE:
One $100 gift certificate from Layers of Color Stamps & a 6 month subscription to SNR Magazine.
One basket of goodies -- four stamp sets from Gina K Designs & a 6 month subscription to SNR Magazine.
One set of digital stamps from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps & a 3 month subscription to SNR Magazine.
In addition, every participating staff member of SNR Magazine will offer a free one-month subscription to the magazine to one of their lucky visitors by simply leaving a comment on their blog.

Simply Scrapping Card Challenge - with Tutorial

This weeks challenge at Simply Scrapping I made another tutorial for you. This is another very simple card to make and just what you need when giving someone a gift card. You can make this for a birthday, thank you or Christmas. Do you know some friends or family you are giving a gift card to on Christmas? Well if you do this challenge, you'll be one step ahead of the game come Christmas time. Once you see how easy these are you may want to make them in advance so you will have these ready when you need them.
I did the tutorial using just a solid colored cardstock in hopes it would show up easier but on my final card I used different paper. Here is what it looks like finished:

Gift Card Holder - Card Tutorial

Cut cardstock or double sided paper 5” x 12”; then score at 4”, 6” and 8” (ignore that second score line on mine – I made a mistake when doing my 4” in score line)

Fold card as shown – valley, mountain, valley (that’s how the folds should go)

Turn the card over on the back side and add adhesive to the fold around the edges as shown. You want to make sure you don’t add adhesive the middle section because that is insert for the gift card.

Fold the card together and turn over. This is looking at the inside of the card.

Now you need to make an opening for the gift card to slide into the middle section. I used a punch from Stampin’ Up and punched it a couple of times to make it wide enough. You can experiment with different styles of punches to get this opening or you can just cut an opening with scissors too.

I used scissors to cut off the little rounded part left by the punch to make it a straight edge (where I’m pointing on the picture).

Now the opening for the gift card is done.

On my finished example, I used a scallop punch just a decorative touch. Not necessary but just another place to embellish and I love to embellish!!

Put adhesive on just one side of the punch and adhere below the opening for the gift card. Just decorate the front as desired.

Here is my finished card again.

SSDS Challenge Blog - Sketch

This week over at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays Challenge Blog is a sketch challenge. Here is the sketch and it was hand drawn by one of our very on DT's - Cheri. Here is what I did for the challenge. I used Teachabella from Stamping Bella. Colored the image with Copics. The patterned paper I have had for quite some time but I believe it was from Making Memories. The flowers are from Flora Doodles, love them. They come already with the little bit of bling in the middle. The sentiment is a new stamp is a Snag'em from Imaginisce.
Be sure to go check out the challenge and enter for your chance at some goodies. Be sure to check out all the other design team members creations too.

My First Tutorial ~ Tri-Fold Card

This card is for Simply Scrapping's Wednesday Card Challenge. For this challenge I made a tutorial for it and it's my very first one. I didn't create this trifold card but I did change the dimensions from what I had orginally seen. Here is what the card looks like. I used Teachabella from Stamping Bellas as the image and colored it with Copics. I added Clear Glaze Gel pen to outline most of the image and filled in the apple, flowers and vase.


I have these instructions on a word document if you would like a copy of it you can go to Simply Scrapping's Wednesday Card Challenge where there is an attachment of the document or email me at diane.davies@yahoo.com and I will email you it to you.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Cut a piece of cardstock 4” x 12”, then score at 4” and 8”.

2. Now you have three equal scored squares on your cardstock. Add a diagonal score to both of the outside squares. The diagonal scores should go in the same direction.

3. Prefold your scored lines. First fold the left square in, then the triangle down. Next fold the right square in, then the triangle up. When you're done folding, the cardstock should look like this.

4. Cut a piece of patterned paper 3-3/4” x 3-3/4” and then cut it in half diagonally. Adhere the patterned paper triangles to the top right and bottom left triangle on the outer scored squares of your main card.

5. Cut 3-3/4” x 3-3/4” patterned paper and adhere to middle section of the card then cut 2-3/4” x 2-3/4” white cardstock and adhere on top of that patterned paper.
** Ooops sorry I forgot to take a pic of this one. **
(See finished card at the bottom for a pic of the inside layering.)

6. Fold your card back up again and adhere ribbon to the back side of the card and tie it shut to the right side of your card.

7. For the top part of the card use a 3”x3” cardstock (same as base or coordinating color if preferred) and layer a 2-3/4” x 2-3/4” coordinating pattern paper on top. Then using white cardstock either stamp and image or sentiment for the very top layer.
** Ooops sorry I forgot to take a pic of this one too. **

8. Add adhesive diagonally only on one half of the back of your main image. If you add adhesive on the entire piece, your trifold will be taped shut. Adhere your center image to your trifold card. Inside of finished card.

Spring Fever

Pink Persimmon is having a "Spring Fever" challenge on their blog. This card is what I was feeling yesterday because it got so warm, temp was up to 80 degrees. I was riding around with the windows down and the warm air blowing in my hair. Ok, so my hair isn't black or long nor do I have a convertible but you get the drift. : ) I used Copics to color the image. Now I'm ready for summer!!

Aaack - It's February and where have I been???

January was a hard month for our family. We had the stomach bug works it's way through the entire family. Austin and I both had strep throat. Kids were out of school for 4 days due to the ice storm. Finally feel like I can breathe again.

Here are a couple of cards I made from a sketch challenge. First the sketch, I copied this off the post but don't know where they got the sketch from. I had one problem with it though. I couldn't do the 2 little circles at the top. In design you are suppose to use odd numbers and so for me I couldn't do two. I thought it just didn't look as good as one or if I had put 3 smaller flowers. That's probably just me being picky but oh well. I used paper from the Sassafras line. The images are from Stamping Bella.

Thank you - Teachabella

I did this card in a sketch challenge in a group on CafeMom group. We were to follow the sketch to a T. That was a little harder to do than I thought it would be. I really like the look of buttons but don't seem to use them very often. I do like how it turned out though. The stamp is Teachabella from Stamping Bella. The paper is from My Minds Eye but I don't remember the name of the line. I used colored pencils to color the image. I will be giving this to one of the kids teachers when we have teacher appreciation day at school this spring.

Altered Weekly Planner

I altered these weekly planners for the Kaitlyn and Austin's teacher for Christmas. The stamp is Teachabella from Stamping Bella. I colored the image with Copics. I'm getting ready to order some more Copics because I've heard they are raising their prices next month as much at $.50 to $1.00 each! Not sure if this is accurate or not but it saddens me because I have just started my Copic collection and have soooooo many more colors to go.

Birthday Wishes

Sometimes I'm pleased with my work and sometimes I'm not. This time I was VERY pleased with how this card turned out. I love the look of a bunch of different patterns together but usually chicken out and don't do it. This one is even done for me where all the patterns are suppose to go together. So really I don't know why I'm so surprised that they actually DO look good together. : p

I used another Bella image that I got from a swap. Just used colored pencils to color it and I always use a blender pen over it to smooth the colors out.

I love this paper - it has glitter all over it.